Shadow Puppets

Bingo

I know. Shame, right?

Again…if you look at the stats for 60 mins we were dominant (which is what I said). Then the mistakes kicked in…

Because of a mistake by, you know who. That’s the problem. The overall play was good for large parts of the game. Stupid edgy mistakes gave Watford hope.

Yeah…your point being? One shot on target, one off the bar, another couple of good chances first half. Generally dominated possession for the first 60 minutes. Sloppy mistakes at the back (Lascelles primarily) led to it becoming edgier and allowed them back into the game.

I thought he was alright. That was the consensus around me too. Won quite a lot of aerial challenges and held up play pretty well. But didn’t really find himself in any threatening positions.

What a difference 6 mins can make. If we’d have dealt with that cross everyone would have been saying it was a hard earned victory. Fine margins. Genuinely think we were the better team but the edginess in defence cost us and made us sit back. Lascelles’ error started the process of the game getting nervier. I don’t think it was a conscious game plan to sit back at all.

He’s been here for 2 days, you moron.

General feeling around me at the ground were that we were dominant for the most part, apart from about 15 mins, and I would agree. We looked shot after about 70 mins. First half we were completely in control, but chance creation was as it has been for a while… half chances and scuffs, but good all round play, good ball retention. Great goal by ASM, but overall he was shite. Correct decision to take him off, even if Almiron was slightly at fault for ball watching. Genuinely unlucky I think. Watford were crap apart from about 3 good breaks on us.

Not that bothered if we don't have a CB in for Watford... it would be very risky to throw a brand new player into the back four for a game of this magnitude anyway (especially if they don't have PL experience). If they'd signed someone at the start of the week, fine, but can't see us buying someone today / tomorrow and disrupting any back four/five we may have been training with all week.

Not a chance in hell anyone else is in before Watford. They'd need to be registered by noon today wouldn't they?

You can say what you like about Luke's tweeting style (and his preciousness), but he is actually on the money far more often than not.

Weird take. How are we condemning ourselves to relegation? Today (providing he signs) we will have a stronger squad than yesterday, with no evidence to suggest we have finished our business by a long shot.

It is. My friend knows Luke who posted the photo. He got off at Durham station for what it’s worth.

£20m for a one in three PL striker, in our current predicament, isn’t too bad. We need a squad.

Oh look. More regurgitation ?

Who's to say we don't have an expert in that position? And also, we might be the richest owners in the world, but we're also second bottom of the league. Of course it's going to be harder to attract top quality. People seem to think this is Football Manager. Comments like "£30million + add ons should do it" are hilarious... as if anyone on this board has any idea whatsoever of what it takes to buy a player and run a club.

God I do. I hate all these wannabe in the know accounts. Don’t understand how people can’t see through it.

And there Romano goes again, regurgitating.

He does a great job of convincing people of that, absolutely. But his "news" breaks consistently a few mins or hours after other well known, genuine, journalists. He's an aggregator of news. He's not ITK.

Romano literally knows fuck all. He pops up with his tweets after pretty much everyone else has already said the same thing. He's not ITK. Just another fucking wannabe.

Could be useful for the squad though, no?

I know. I think we’ll sign one or two this week. It’s the whinging about not having 3 signings in already that does my head in. As if it’s Football Manager.

We signed Trippier 3 days ago, and have made bids for (and for all your know, could sign this week) several really good players. Give your head a shake.

Don’t have a problem with Wood if he’s not the only forward we’re bringing in. We need depth. But I wouldn’t be bringing him in as a first choice starter.